Red Kate: Socialist reformer Jed Kates dies in obscurity
Kathleen O Hara Cunningham once ran for vice president on the Socialist ticket with Debs. A Kansan by birth, she led prison reform efforts in California and helped install Clinton Duffy as warden. Her life included a 1920 espionage sentence commutation and advocacy from Twin Falls to Ottawa County. She died at 70 in California.
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Gandhi Begins Fast for Communal Peace in Delhi
Mahatma Gandhi, frail at 78, started a life risking fast at 11 a.m. to press for peace among Hindu, Sikh and Muslim communities. He began after a small breakfast, rinsed his mouth, and led a brief interfaith prayer, then declined visitors and returned to his routine of reading mail and studying current events.
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Admitted and Birth Notices From Memorial Hospital
Admission list includes John Belig Baldwin Mrs Sars Liasie Rebincon Owen Steele Lin wood Mrs Robert Neill Sun flower Fett Ma eeras 1602 Crescent pintar Jr 112 West Krscetn. Dismissals include Mrs Elizabeth Searle Sunflower B A Jamison 35 Maine. Birth reports note Mr and Mrs W E Nichols a son January 15 and Mr John Deshaver a son January 21.
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Wichita to publish welfare payment names March first
Sedgwick County will publish names and amounts of general assistance payments starting March 1, matching other county expenses. County Welfare Director Claude Scout said the move aims to warn relatives, expects client numbers to drop, and follows state guidelines. Several Kansas counties already publish such lists, despite questions about federal law.
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Deaths and Funerals in Lawrence Area
Funeral notices report Leo T. Barnett aged 67 to be held at Rak chapel with Rev. C. E. Allison. burial in Memorial Park. Survived by wife Rosa, daughter Marjor, five sons, all of Lawrence, plus relatives in Kansas City and Limerick. Robert L. Davenport of Leavenworth dies on 87th birthday. survived by wife Frances and five daughters plus sons and grandchildren. services held by Salvation Army. burial in Mt. Muncie. Carl S. Bruchmiller, 73, stockbuyer for 30 years in Lawrence, dies after illness. services at Rumsey funeral home with Rev. Fetter. survived by wife Ollie and two daughters. several sisters and a brother. Mrs. Mary H. Covey of Kansas City, former Lawrence resident, dies at home. funeral set in Osage. services held in Osage. Eloise McGrede, of Burroas City? listed among surviving relatives.
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Painting Bid Notice at Community Building
A painting contract for the Community Building is open for bids. Interested parties should contact H C Fisher, City Clerk, to obtain specifications and bidding details.
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Students in Recital at Plano Highlight Voice and Violin Soloists
The first of two advanced student recitals was presented last evening in the Frank Strong Auditorium. Participants included Alice Moncrieff, Meribah Moore, Marie Wilkins, Joseph Wilkins, Janet Turk, W. Thomas Marrocco, Raymond Stuhl, and D. M. Swarthout, with several others unable to attend due to illness. Performers ranged across piano, violin, and voice categories, featuring Billie Tee, Georgia Ginther, Willard Straight in piano. Maxine Alburty and Sally Ann Trembly in violin. Betty Rue Thomas, Dorothy O Conn or, Joan Vickers, Harriet Harlow, Jess Rowe, Joyce Rohrer, Ruth Dudley, Louis Cunningham, Horace Edmonds, Phyllis Fretwell, and Lorain Mai in voice. The program closed with a Schubert movement performed by Vincent Bleecker with Betty Wells, Dale Hryan, and John Ehrlich.
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Loraine
Tant School Site Taken Into City
University students Dick Lowe and Dave Stewart living at a trailer camp on property now owned by the school district at Twenty First and Louisiana appeared before the board to seek changes in the camp contract. The current lease expires July 1 with a month to month extension. the board offered no definite post July terms. Bills totaling 37905.77 were approved. Those present included Corlett Cotton chair. Deal Six, Dick Wage staff. Ralph Pine and Henry Shenk board members. W. H. Quackenbush treasurer. A. E. Woestemeyer clerk. Superintendent No votny.
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Market Trends and Cattle Prices Amid New York Trader Update
The report highlights New York commodity trends with oil declines and cotton edging lower, while wheat slips on demand. Kansas City livestock shows steadier prices for cattle and calves as feed costs and shipping slow. Grain and hay markets note light movement and mixed futures, with alfalfa weak but corn demand firm.
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Incomplete OCR Names Major Railroads and Companies
Fragmentary OCR lists several railroads and firms including Southern Railway Atlantic Coast Line Nickel Plate, Rite Central, Follansbes Steel and Chrysler. Mentions land trust and arrears, with scattered geographic hints.
Lawrence campus seals drive falls short of quota
University of Kansas students bought five dollars worth of Christman tuberculosis seals in the 1947 drive. Alpha Chi Omega members contributed one dollar each for a house total of forty dollars toward a one thousand two hundred dollar quota. Results will be announced later by Mrs. Seba Eltwidge, general drive chair. Weather featured heavy clouds and a brief snow flurry with a high of 44 and a fall to freezing. Arts and Crafts festival catalogs will go on sale February 18 via the Chamber of Commerce with limited copies. over 590 topics have been spoken for. Prices: fifty cents for in person pickup, sixty cents for mail orders.
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Leaders Convene in Topeka For 4-H District Confer
About one third of Douglas County's nine adult 4-H club leaders will attend a one day district conference in Topeka on Thursday. County Agent Deal Lir raid today notes northeastern county leaders will join state 4-H and extension officials to discuss the 1948 program covering health recreation publicity and a survey of prospects for 4-H projects in 194%.
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Williams elected president of Commerce Trust Company
Kansas City January 23 Joseph C Williams president Missouri Bankers association was elected president of Commerce Trust Company the largest bank between the Mississippi and the Pacific James M Kemper remains chairman after 22 years in the post. Fort Worth wage dispute with Southwestern Greyhound Bus lines renewed for settlement starting January 21 with discussions resumed after a breakdown. Wichita February market demand hearing for Kansas crude oil set for January 23 by the State Corporation Commission.
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Near an agreement on long range farm policy
Washington reports Republican and Democratic farm leaders near agreement on major long range agricultural policy principles. Key points include abundant production, price supports, an expanded golf program, and possible expansion of rural electrification. Chairman Hope noted bipartisan harmony on the overall policy and on President Truman's budget proposal detailing these aims.
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Would-Be Tax Defaulters Won't Escape Permanently
Wichita Kansas internal revenue chief Brodrick says Kansas failed to remit 7600000 in federal income taxes last year. He notes 64 fired field agents earned 109000 in salaries and collected over 5,000,000 in tax penalties for 1946, while three years behind on form audits. He adds agents will focus on spot checks after aiding taxpayers ends this year.
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Sinking Reported Of Army Barge BSP-1927 Near Alaska
Coast Guard headquarters announced a self propelled Army barge named BSP-1927 sank near the Alaska Peninsula with unknown crew. It was en route to aid the Aleutian Mail, which ran aground yesterday on Unimak island's southwest tip, with a distress call received shortly after the expected 3 a.m. arrival.
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